Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Pardee
Hospital Foundation announced today that the James H. Cummings Foundation has
awarded a $75,000 grant to its $6 million Capital Campaign for the new Pardee
Cancer Center. In recognition of the Cummings Foundation’s generous support,
Pardee Foundation will designate a location in the Center to be named in the
Cummings Foundation's honor.

Pardee Hospital will open its new
Cancer Center this December through an innovative collaboration with Henderson
County, the City of Hendersonville, Wingate University and Blue Ridge Community
College. The new, state-of-the-art health sciences building will also house
Pardee Surgical Associates as well as existing programs in allied health care,
pharmacy, and physician assistant studies from Blue Ridge Community College and
Wingate University.

“The James H. Cummings Foundation
has partnered with Pardee Hospital since 1964, donating more than $1 million to
support high quality health care in the Hendersonville community," said
Mary Jo Hunt, executive director of the James H. Cummings Foundation. "We
are pleased to continue our support with this grant for the Cancer Center,
which builds on our recent support for the renovations to the surgical suites. Pardee's
good work enhances the lives of citizens of this community. The building
housing the Cancer Center is truly a collaborative effort between the hospital,
the city, the county, Blue Ridge Community College and Wingate University.”

"We are so grateful for the
continued support of the James H. Cummings Foundation," said Kimerly
Hinkelman, executive director of Pardee Hospital Foundation. "With nearly
$4 million raised to date, their generous donation will help us offer the best
care and treatment available in our new Cancer Center."

James H. Cummings Foundation, Inc.
is a charitable, not-for-profit corporation organized in New York in July of
1962 for the purpose of complying with certain directions in the will of its
founder and namesake. James H. Cummings was a resident of Buffalo, N.Y., where
he owned and operated a pharmaceutical business, American Ferment Company. With
offices and plants in both Buffalo and Toronto, Canada, Mr. Cummings grew
strong ties to both cities, but he was just as much at home raising cattle on a
farm he owned near Hendersonville. The Foundation has supported many renovation
projects for Pardee Hospital, including cardiovascular, diabetes, orthopedic
and spine facility renovations. For more information, visit www.jameshcummings.com.

Pardee Memorial Hospital Foundation
was approved as a nonprofit foundation in January 1996. The Foundation exists
to educate and inspire the community to support Pardee Hospital. Since its
inception, the Foundation has generated more than $30 million in pledges and
cash gifts for Pardee services. For more information, visit www.pardeehospitalfoundation.org
or call 828-233-2700.

Pardee Hospital is a not-for-profit
community hospital founded in 1953 and is managed by UNC Health Care. The
hospital is licensed for 222 acute care beds. Pardee Hospital has several
locations separate from the main campus, including a comprehensive physician
practice network, two urgent care locations and five orthopedic clinics. For
more information or to find a physician,
visit www.pardeehospital.org.